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Tail

'heir' or 'heirs' must be used, White v. Collins, (1719) 1 Comyns' Rep 289, (301); 2 Prest. Est. 475, unless the deed was executed since the Conveyancing Act, 1881, when the words 'in tail' without the words

Copyhold

must prevail. Subject to any such custom, the alterations effected by the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), are applicable to the species of tenure. (6) Copyholds are alienated by surrender, according

Freedom of speech and expression

SCR 594: 1950 Cri LJ 1514. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Carries with it the right to publish and circulate one's ideas, opinions and views, Sakal Papers (Pvt.)

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Prescription

supposes some reason for which the claim was foreborne, 1 Cruise's Dig., tit. Xxxi., 'Prescription,' c. i., s. 4, p. 421. There are two kinds of prescription, viz.: (1) negative, which relates to realty or corporeal hereditaments,

Tax

wider sense of the term, Southern Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals v. State of Kerala, AIR 1981 SC 1863: (1981) 4 SCC 391: (1982) 1 SCR 519. The rural employment cess is a 'tax', Buxa Dooars Tea Company Ltd. v.

Manufacture

must emerge having a distinctive name, character or use, Hindustan Poles Corporation v. Commissioner of Central Excise, (2006) 4 SCC 85: (2006) 4 JT 185: (2006) 3 SCALE 601: (2006) 4 SLT 445: (2006) 3 SCJ 645: (2006)

Costs

Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac. 1,

Annuity

is charged for such payment, CWT v. P. K. Banerjee, (1981) 1 SCC 63 (75): AIR 1981 SC 401. [Wealth-Tax Act, 1957, s. 2(e)(1)(iv)] It is a right to receive a specified sum and not an aliquot

Affirmation

to make it was an indulgence at first confined to the people called Quakers, and Moravians (9 Geo. 4, c. 32, s. 1; 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 49), and to Separatists (3 & 4 Wm.

Joint-tenancy

not the whole of an undivided moiety, though since the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 12, the possession of one joint-tenant is no longer to be deemed the

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